Splitted from Finnish air victories (LeR 3) on 21.6.-7.7.1944 thread
/Juha
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FiAF losses 2 July 44:
Ltn Lauri Silvennoinen HävLeLv 24, Bf-109 G-6 (MT-446) shot down in air combat 6.55 a.m in Hankijoki (Nuijamaa) , Silvennoinen parachuted, back (spine) hurted. (+ 3 Brewster, 2 Bf-109 and 2 (or 3?) Pe-2/Pe-3 destroyed in Immola/ Lappeenranta air bases)
FiAF losses in 3 July 44:
Ensign Yrjö Pallasvuo HävLeLv, Bf-109 G-6 (MT-409) shot down in air combat at 8 a.m in Juustila. Pallasvuo KIA.
Ltn Viktor Pyötsiä HävLeLv 24, Bf-109 G-2 (MT-235) shot down in air combat at 12.50 in Nuijamaa. Pyötsiä to hospital.
Captain U. Miettinen HävLeLv 28, Morane (MS-627), shot down in air combat, Nuijamaa-Vyborg. Miettinen captured, time between 6.30-8.30.
Ltn Lauri Pärssinen HävLeLv 28, Morane (MS-645) shot down in air combat Nuijamaa-Vyborg. MIA, declared KIA, time between 6.30-8.30.
Losses of FiAF, 5 July 44:
Nils Katajainen HävLeLv 24, (MT 476) : got hit in air combat, crashed on landing in Lappeenranta, time 9.25. Katajainen wounded.
Paavo Myllälä HävLeLv 34 (MT-432) AA shot down, time 16.45 Myllylä parachuted in Nuijamaa.
Other FiAF fighter combat losses:
11 July 44 at 11.20 in Heinjoki. Bf-109 G-6 (MT-440) shot down in air combat. Sgnt Risto Helava (HävLeLv 24) captured
18 July 44 at 06.20 a.m in Antrea. Bf-109 G-6 (MT-478)
Shot down in air combat. Ltn Jorma Saarinen (HävLeLv 24) KIA.
20 July, time 16.10-17.20, MT-475 (HävLeLv 30) force landing in Joutseno, Bf-109 G-6 destroyed. Ltn Juvonen KIA.
20 July, time 9.15-9.30.Bf-109 G-6, MT-486, HävLeLv 30,did not return (Toiviainen, in Söderskär, MIA, declared death)
20 July, time 9.15-9.30, Bf-109 G-6, MT-407 shot down in air combat near Söderskär , ltn Nyholm (HävLeLv 30) parachuted.
Bf-109 G aircraft damaged or force landing (not destroyed) :
2 July, MT-241 force landing to field. Got hit in air to combat to cooler system of aircraft in Lappeenranta-Vyborg area, time19.55-21.00. Pilot likely ltn Erik Teromaa who claimed (with MT-241) 1 Pe-2 (no Pe-2 losses for 276 BAD).
3 July MT-462 force landing, ensign Katajaniemi, time 11.50-12.55.
3 July MT-436 damaged on several hit of 20 mm cannon (sgnt Koskinen) at 11.50-12.55.
5 July MT-440 and MT-471 damaged when landing on airfield
6 July MT-455 damaged on landing air field
11 July MT-427 damaged on landing air field
30 July MT-490 badly damaged
Finnish fighter losses and damages 110744-300744
Finnish fighter losses and damages 110744-300744
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Reason: splitting post
Reason: splitting post
"Military history is nothing but a tissue of fictions and legends, only a form of literary invention; reality counts for very little in such affair."
- Gaston de Pawlowski, Dans les rides du front
- Gaston de Pawlowski, Dans les rides du front
Finnish fighter losses and damages 110744-300744
FiAF losses 2 July 44 Karelian Isthmus/Bay of Vyborg/ eastern sector of Gulf of Finland.
Last edited by Juha Tompuri on 27 Dec 2021, 19:26, edited 2 times in total.
"Military history is nothing but a tissue of fictions and legends, only a form of literary invention; reality counts for very little in such affair."
- Gaston de Pawlowski, Dans les rides du front
- Gaston de Pawlowski, Dans les rides du front